JD Alexander pushes USF-Poly independence again

TAMPA, Florida -- State Sen. J.D. Alexander is once again pushing for USF-Polytechnic to break off into its own university, the state's 12th. This time, he's looking to the legislature.

Alexander, who had been virtually driving the independence push himself last fall, helped craft a bill introduced Wednesday that would create the Florida Polytechnic University in statute. The provision, which would create an independent and autonomous school in Lakeland, was tucked inside another bill.